Associated with
2,2 Billion People
globally have a near or distance vision impairment.
In at least 1 billion of these, vision impairment could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed.
(Data from the World Health Organisation)
Cataract
The main reason for blindness (51% of the cases), it affects around 20 million people globally.
Glaucoma
Damaging the optical nerve sometime until complete blindness, it affects 111 million people.
Macular Degeneration
It will affect 288 million people by 2040, ruining their sight and ability to read or drive.
Cataract hits
of over 65
0
%
0
%
of Glaucoma
cases is undiagnosed
AMD hits
of over 75
0
%
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP
We strive to advance RESEARCH into innovative techniques and technologies while enhancing medical EDUCATION to empower doctors to deliver the highest standard of care.
Help us make Education more accessible
At the ESASO Foundation, we believe that access to advanced medical education should not depend on financial or geographical barriers.
Your support allows us to:
- make our courses more accessible to a wider group of doctors,
- invest in innovative teaching methods,
- extend our educational reach beyond physical training centres through digital platforms like eLOS.
By supporting ESASO, you contribute to a model of education that is more inclusive, more sustainable, and truly global.
Help us ensure quality and innovation
We need support to:
- keep our training centres and laboratories up to date,
- offer practical, immersive learning experiences
- provide training formats that directly support everyday clinical practice.
High-quality education is essential to improve patient outcomes and advance eye care worldwide.
Help us supporting Research and Development
Support the development of independent clinical papers and research with us. Bringing new techniques, technologies, and scientific discoveries into daily practice is the only way for cures to become increasingly effective.
Promote equality with the SeeWorld Project
Help us host young ophthalmologists from disadvantaged countries to our Training Centre in Lugano and offer them a complete formative experience in the specialty more needed in their community.
This educational experience wouldn't be possible otherwise, and has a very long and strong impact on his community of origin, where he can implement all the new notions and techniques learnt during the ESASO course.
One grant includes an A/R trip, accommodation, a 3-day course, educational materials, launches, and coffee breaks; the average cost is 4630 CHF.
See What Doctors say
Intermediate-Advanced Cataract Intraocular Refractive Surgery
This course was very important to me, because among other things, it added my clinical and surgical skills. The course gave me the tools to predict and overcome surgical complications and deal with difficult surgical cases.